Tent-securing device



May 6 1924. 1,492,996 I ,1, 5.* MCWHORTER TENT SECURING DEVICE Filed Feb. 2a 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY WITNESS:

May 6 1924.

J. E. MCWHORTER TENT SECURING DEVICE Filed Feb. 28. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J5 MMO/:m:

ATTORNEY Ill WITNESS:

Patented May 6, 1924. j

JAMES. E.A MCWHDRTER, or COLORADO- sPRrNGs; COLORADO. i

TENT-SECURING DEVICE.

Application led February 28, 1923. Serial No. 621,858.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, JAMES EDWARD Mo- IVHORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State yof Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tent-Securing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for a tent, the general object of the invention being to provide means for holding the lower part of the tent wall in position and also to hold the anchor rope taut.

Another` object of the invention is to provide means for holding the anchor rope engaging member in any desired position.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanyingv drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an end view of part of a tent showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1. Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of the device itself.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4--4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

In these views 1 indicates the body of the device which is preferably formed of strap iron and is formed with a loop 2 at its upper end, a point 3 at its lower end and a projection 4 an appreciable distance above the point, said projection being provided with a brace 5. A brace Gris placed in the loop and holes 7 are formed in the top of the loop, the brace 6, the lower part of the loop, the projection 4 and its brace 5 for slidably receiving a rod 8 which has its upper end forked, as at 9. A trigger plate 10 is hingedly supported in the loop above the brace 6, preferably by means of a projection 1l thereon passing loosely through a hole 12 formed in the rear/part of the loop, said plate being limited in its downward swinging movement by the upper edge of the inner end of the brace 6. This plate is provided with a hole 13 for receiving the rod 8, this hole being made to snugly receive the rod so that when the plate is in its lowered position, the hole being inclined, its walls will engagethe rod and thus hold it in raised position through friction. When the rod is pushed upwardly the plate will move upwardly with it to a suiicient extent to permi-t free movement of the rod through the hole therein.

In using the invention the pointedend..

of the device isA placed in engagement with one of the loops 14 at the bottom of the tent wall, asvshownin Figuresl and 2, and then the pointed end is forced into the ground by4 means o-f a foot pressing upon I the projection 4 or by striking said projection with an axe or the like. The rod 8? is then raised to place its forked upper end in engagement with one of the anchor ropes 15 of thevtent to tighten the same. v

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device can be easily and quickly p-laced in position to hold the bottom of the tent wall in place and totighten the anchor ropes of the tent. The device will have long life and as it is of light weight and of simple construction it canbe manufactured toy prising a body part having a pointed end, projections on the body part, one of which serves as means for forcing the pointed end into the ground, said projections having holes therein, a rod adapted to pass through said holes, a plate hingedly connected with y the body part above one of the projections and having a hole therein kfor receiving the rod.

2. A device of the class described comprieing a body part having a loop at its upper end and a point at its lower end a projection adjacentI the lower end having a hole therein, a brace in the loop having a hole therein7 the top and bottom of the loop having holes therein, a rod adapted to pass through the holes and having' a forked upper end and a plate having a hole therein and hingedly connected with the body part above the brace and acting to prevent downward movement of the rod,

In testimony whereof I aix Signature.

JAMES E. MGWHORTER. 

